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Part 3Occasional sales and squat trading

13Offences under Part 3

(1)Any person who contravenes any provision of this Part of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)A person shall be guilty of an offence if, in giving any information which is required of him by virtue of section 10 (Notice of occasional sales and squat trading) of this Act—

(a)he makes any statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or

(b)he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.

(3)A person who holds an occasional sale shall be guilty of an offence if, in entering any information in a record kept by him pursuant to section 11 (Information to be kept by holder of certain occasional sales) of this Act—

(a)he makes any statement which he knows is false in a material particular; or

(b)he recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular.

(4)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) or (3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(5)If, in response to a request made by the holder of an occasional sale for the purpose of ascertaining the information required to be kept by him pursuant to section 11, a seller or supplier of goods or services intentionally gives that person—

(a)a false name;

(b)a false address;

(c)a false registered number; or

(d)false information relating to any certificate of registration,

he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.